PM Modi meets Chinese FM, says India-China ties made steady progress since Kazan meeting with Xi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on a two-day India visit.

Posting about his meeting with Wang, Modi said that India-China ties have made steady progress since his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazan last year.

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“Glad to meet Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Since my meeting with President Xi in Kazan last year, India-China relations have made steady progress guided by respect for each other’s interests and sensitivities,” Modi said on X.

The Prime Minister also confirmed his meeting with the Chinese President in Tianjin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit later this month.

The PM stressed that stable and constructive ties between India and China will significantly contribute to regional as well as global peace and prosperity.

“I look forward to our next meeting in Tianjin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit. Stable, predictable, constructive ties between India and China will contribute significantly to regional as well as global peace and prosperity,” the PM added.

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This will be Modi’s first visit after the 2019 and 2020 India-China border standoff. Modi’s previous visit to China was in 2019.

The visit also comes amid the imposition of severe tariffs from US President Donald Trump and the mounting pressure on India against oil purchase from Russia.

Both countries are seeking to mend their bilateral ties that deteriorated following the 2020 border standoff after a deadly clash between their troops in the Ladakh region.

Earlier today, Wang met NSA Ajit Doval at Hyderabad House in New Delhi for the 24th round of Special Representative-level talks on resolving the border disputes between the two countries.

During the meeting, both Doval and Wang emphasised the need to increase mutual trust, stressing the need to maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).